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"It is extremely difficult to stay alert and attentive, instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monologue inside your own head."

- David Foster Wallace

The art of observing without allowing the compulsion of analysis and judgement take over immediately is the highest form of human intellect.

I love myself now. Self-love means that I have a relationship with myself built on trust and loyalty. I trust myself to have my own back, so my allegiance is to the voice within. I’ll abandon everyone else’s expectations of me before I’ll abandon myself. I’ll disappoint everyone else before I’ll disappoint myself. I’ll forsake all others before I’ll forsake myself. Me and myself: We are till death do us part. What the world needs is more women who have quit fearing themselves and started trusting themselves.

Glennon Doyle, Untamed

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Photo by OP

You should definitely meet your heroes.

The disappointment and heartbreak will temper your worldview, opening your eyes to the stunning fragility and moral fickleness of your species. And once you witness the reality shifting, you'll be more at ease. You'll start accepting faults and stop judging imperfections, you'll learn of their inevitability... how they're essential to the building of your heroes.

And someday, you'll build up enough courage to meet yourself.